Instagram is quickly becoming the ruling Queen to Facebook’s king consort of Social Networks. Hopefully, you are already implementing an updated Instagram strategy for your business in 2019, but we want to share some additional tips for having your best year EVER on Instagram.

The thing I love MOST about marketing is when a campaign takes off. Celebrating successes with clients is the kind of satisfying high that draws people into the industry in a constant stream. The HARDEST thing about working in this field, though, is when an advertising campaign or initiative completely flops.

Looking a client in the face (thanks to our friend video chat) and telling them you won’t be hitting your numbers after spending their hard-earned dollars is what keeps folks like us up at night. It’s the reason for that little voice of doubt in the back of every freelancer's mind telling them they’ll hit “publish” on their campaigns and hear crickets. Telling them that they don’t have what it takes to make it in this space.

Before we break down the details about ad relevance scores, I’d like to mention this is NOT always the best way to measure an ad’s success, nor does a simple number between 1 and 10 give you any information on how to improve your ad’s performance. Your ad’s relevance score should simply act as a starting point for further analysis, such as a deeper dive into metrics like cost-per-lead, return-on-ad-spend (ROAS), and other key performance indicators.

Having said that, you know this metric matters greatly when you work with clients. It’s a number that’s easy for clients to see when they are poking around in their reporting, and Facebook makes it just approachable enough for them to understand the basics. Therefore, it’s important to be able to explain the relevance score of your ads to your clients.

Even more importantly, you NEED to have a specific plan to share with your clients (or just to implement for your own business!) if you launch an ad that comes back with a low relevance score.